This week’s month’s short story, like the last one, has been similarly tough. It’s also pretty grim, by my own standards.

It’s called Random Access, and tells the story of an AWOL soldier returning from the dead, some time in the not-too-distant future, to find out what really happened at a traumatic event in his past. If you could look back into your own memories, and find out conclusively what happened—or what you remember to have happened—would you?